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ASML’s plans to hike prices on its tools are already drawing pushback from its largest customer, TSMC, The Information reported.

ASML has room to raise prices for some of its ‌chipmaking equipment, its chief financial officer ‌said on Wednesday, after an earnings report in which ​it said its capacity to produce cutting-edge EUV tools is nearly fully booked through the end of 2027. CFO Roger Dassen said on ‌a call with ⁠analysts that the current environment gives the company "better pricing power" and "a ⁠pretty strong runway for potential price improvements going forward". Tech news site the Information reported earlier on Wednesday that ASML was meeting resistance from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co in talks ‌on price raises, citing people ​familiar with the discussions.

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All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Wednesday, as technology stocks led

Strong AI-related demand continues to drive customer spending.

ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ:ASML, XETRA:ASME) shares rose about 3% at the open on Wednesday after the semiconductor equipment maker reported second quarter results that topped expectations and raised its full-year 2026 revenue forecast. The company posted second-quarter revenue of €9.33 billion...

U.S. stocks caught a break this week—and found a window in which to exploit it over the next two weeks—as inflation data suggest a taming of Federal Reserve rate-hike bets and the outlook from a key player in the market for artificial intelligence outpaced Wall Street’s forecasts. Tuesday’s inflation data got the ball rolling, with the softest monthly print since the Covid-19 pandemic and annual gains that fell shy of Wall Street estimates cratering bets on a July Fed rate hike.

The AI investment boom has created a sharp divide between companies benefiting from long-term demand and those merely riding short-term enthusiasm. While many technology businesses continue spending hundreds of billions of dollars on AI infrastructure, investors have increasingly questioned whether those investments will eventually slow. Yet every quarter seems to produce another reminder that the ... ASML Just Raised Guidance Again — Is This the Strongest AI Stock Story Nobody’s Talking About?

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US equity futures were edging higher pre-bell Wednesday as traders considered the latest inflation d

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index wavered Wednesday ahead of key inflation data. ASML stock jumped on earnings.

US stocks appeared set for a steady start on Wednesday as investors drew confidence from strong bank earnings and a softer-than-expected inflation report the day before, even as oil prices remained elevated following fresh US strikes on Iran. Nasdaq futures were up 0.5% ahead of the opening...

The Dutch chip equipment maker now expects full-year net sales of €43 billion to €45 billion, up from a prior forecast of €36 billion to €40 billion

ASML raised its sales outlook for the second time this year, lifting semiconductor stocks even as oil prices climbed on renewed U.S. military action

Chip-gear giant ASML rose with the Nasdaq and AI stocks at key levels. Oil prices topped $80 a barrel on new U.S. attacks vs. Iran.

Semiconductor equipment giant ASML beat estimates for the second quarter and raised its outlook for the full year. ASML stock rose on the news.

U. S. stock futures traded modestly higher on Wednesday after inflation data came in below expectations, easing concerns that the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates in the near term.

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Top computer chip equipment maker ASML said its ‌capacity expansion plans in 2027 and ‌2028 unveiled on Wednesday along with second-quarter earnings ​take into account demand for its tools from Elon Musk's planned Terafab chip production facility in Texas. "We're in dialogue with ‌all our ⁠customers and we know ... what their building plans are," Chief Financial ⁠Officer Roger Dassen said on a call.

Wall Street digests a cooler than expected inflation read and ASML's bullish outlook on the AI bo

The focus turns to Wednesday's release of the Producer Price Index and a wave of earnings.

ASML Holding's sales and margin forecasts for the current quarter are above expectations, Jefferies analysts wrote in a note to clients. The Dutch supplier of semiconductor-making equipment is projecting sales between 11 billion and 12 billion euros in the third quarter.

Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment improved to ‘bullish’ on SPY and QQQ.

By Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Johann M Cherian July 15 (Reuters) - European shares were little changed on Wednesday as caution over escalating tensions in the Middle East overshadowed strong earnings

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures edged higher on Wednesday after a softer-than-expected inflation reading eased fears that the Federal Reserve may soon raise interest rates.

U.S. stock futures were largely higher in early European trade, as positive market sentiment following lower-than-expected inflation data buoyed risk assets.

The company’s second upgrade to annual guidance is a sign that companies are scrambling for its semiconductor-making tools in the race to build AI infrastructure.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) reported second-quarter 2026 net sales and gross margin above its own guidance, driven by stronger-than-expected demand from its installed base business and continued customer investment tied to artificial intelligence, memory and advanced logic production. Roger Dassen, ASML’s e

Intel has decided to use a high-end machine from ASML to ‌manufacture some of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips, ASML ‌said on Tuesday, a move that will help the chipmaker learn to use ​the tool more effectively. Following experiments that began in 2024, Intel has begun to use ASML's next-generation high numerical aperture (High NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines, which print circuit patterns on to microchips, to help produce a ‌portion of its Panther ⁠Lake processors, ASML said. The industry has debated at what point it makes economic sense to begin deploying the ⁠High NA tools, which likely will be needed by chipmakers in the future as they continue to shrink the atomic-sized features that ​make up ​chips.

ASML, the world's biggest supplier ‌of equipment used ‌to manufacture computer chips, ​on Wednesday reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and profit, as demand from ‌makers of ⁠artificial intelligence chips offset uncertainty over ⁠sales to China. Revenue for the three months ​ended June ​30 ​was 9.33 ‌billion euros ($10.90 billion), compared with the 8.80 billion euros expected by analysts, according to LSEG ‌median estimates. Net income was ​2.92 ​billion euros, ‌compared with the 2.62 ​billion ​euros expected, according to LSEG data.